BELENDI
Eth.
BELENDI a people of Aquitania, mentioned by Pliny (
4.19), whose name appears to be preserved in that of
Bélin, a small place in the
Landes, between
Bordeaux and
Bayonne. The place is called Belinum in some old documents, and the passage of the river Pons Belini.
Bélin is on the small river
Leyre, in the department of Les Landes, which runs through the dreary Landes into the
Bassin d'Arcachon. [
G.L]